1940 VFL Season Round 6: South Melbourne v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 1 June 1940 between South Melbourne and North Melbourne during round six of the 1940 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted North Melbourne at Lakeside Oval. Herbie Matthews captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Jack Baggott and the visitors were coached by Len Thomas.

South Melbourne (16.9.105) defeated North Melbourne (16.8.104).

Match Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: South Melbourne v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 1 June 1940
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 9,000

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. North Melbourne
Score: 16.9.105 - 16.8.104

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 3 . 1 7 . 3 10 . 6 16 . 9 16 . 9 (105)
North Melbourne 6 . 2 11 . 2 15 . 8 16 . 8 16 . 8 (104)
Margin NMLB by 19 NMLB by 23 NMLB by 32 SMLB by 1 SMLB by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Herbie Matthews
Coach: Jack Baggott

North Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Len Thomas

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Coward

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
10 Bates, George ? ? 0 ?
23 Chinn, Ian ? ? 3 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
31 Collard, George ? ? 2 ?
28 Coyle, Reg ? ? 0 ?
22 Graham, Jack ? ? 1 ?
27 Gray, Harry ? ? 1 ?
17 Grossman, Don ? ? 0 ?
29 Hacker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Matthews, Herbie (c) ? ? 0 ?
26 McKenzie, Jock ? ? 2 ?
12 McNamara, Pat ? ? 0 ?
18 Mitchell, Alex ? ? 0 ?
17 O'Halloran, Kevin ? ? 3 ?
5 Reiffel, Lou ? ? 4 ?
11 Richards, Reg ? ? 0 ?
4 Ritchie, Rex ? ? 0 ?
15 Smith, Keith ? ? 0 ?
30 Whitfield, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 16 9

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Adamson, Jim ? ? 0 ?
19 Baker, John ? ? 0 ?
2 Bolger, Merv ? ? 0 ?
17 Carter, Wally ? ? 0 ?
6 Cordner, Jock ? ? 0 ?
13 Davies, Laurie ? ? 1 ?
5 Dyer, Sid ? ? 7 ?
9 Findlay, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Harrison, Jack ? ? 2 ?
18 Kennedy, George ? ? 0 ?
15 McFarlane, Mick ? ? 0 ?
23 Montgomery, Bill ? ? 0 ?
26 Murray, Sel ? ? 6 ?
28 O'Brien, Dally ? ? 0 ?
3 Roulent, Tom ? ? 0 ?
12 Sitch, Roy ? ? 0 ?
7 Skinner, Charles ? ? 0 ?
21 Stubbs, Frank ? ? 0 ?
1 Thomas, Len ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 16 8

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s